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Translingual

Han character

(radical 50 +4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 大大中月 (KKLB), four-corner 40227, composition)

References

  • KangXi: page 329, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8813
  • Dae Jaweon: page 634, character 29
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 731, character 19
  • Unihan data for U+5E0C

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*hral, *hlɯl
*l̥ʰɯl
*l̥ʰɯl
*l̥ʰɯl, *hrɯnʔ, *hlɯns
*l̥ʰɯl
*hlɯl
*hlɯl
*hlɯl
*hlɯl
*hlɯl
*hlɯl
*hlɯl, *hlɯlʔ
*hlɯl
*hlɯl, *hlɯlʔ
*hlɯl, *hlɯls
*hlɯl
*hlɯlʔ, *hlɯls

Pronunciation



  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
Mandarin Beijing /ɕi⁵⁵/
Harbin /ɕi⁴⁴/
Tianjin /ɕi²¹/
Jinan /ɕi²¹³/
Qingdao /ɕi²¹³/
Zhengzhou /ɕi²⁴/
Xi'an /ɕi²¹/
Xining /ɕji⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /ɕi⁴⁴/
Lanzhou /ɕi³¹/
Ürümqi /ɕi⁴⁴/
Wuhan /ɕi⁵⁵/
Chengdu /ɕi⁵⁵/
Guiyang /ɕi⁵⁵/
Kunming /ɕi⁴⁴/
Nanjing /ɕi³¹/
Hefei /sz̩²¹/
Jin Taiyuan /ɕi¹¹/
Pingyao /ɕi¹³/
Hohhot /ɕi³¹/
Wu Shanghai /ɕi⁵³/
Suzhou /ɕi⁵⁵/
Hangzhou /ɕi³³/
Wenzhou /sz̩³³/
Hui Shexian /ɕi³¹/
Tunxi /ɕi¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /ɕi³³/
Xiangtan /ɕi³³/
Gan Nanchang /ɕi⁴²/
Hakka Meixian /hi⁴⁴/
Taoyuan /hi²⁴/
Cantonese Guangzhou /hei⁵³/
Nanning /hi⁵⁵/
Hong Kong /hei⁵⁵/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /hi⁵⁵/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /hi⁴⁴/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /xi⁵⁴/
Shantou (Min Nan) /hi³³/
Haikou (Min Nan) /hi²³/

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (32)
Final () (20)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/hɨi/
Pan
Wuyun
/hɨi/
Shao
Rongfen
/xiəi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/hɨj/
Li
Rong
/xiəi/
Wang
Li
/xĭəi/
Bernard
Karlgren
/xe̯i/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ xjɨj ›
Old
Chinese
/*qʰəj/
English thin, sparse

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 13250
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*hlɯl/

Definitions

  1. to hope, to expect, to strive for
  2. Alternative form of (, “rare”).

Compounds

  • 一線希望一线希望
  • 三希堂
  • 不希罕
  • 伯希和
  • 先意希旨
  • 克希荷夫
  • 大音希聲大音希声
  • 布希曼
  • 希世
  • 希世之寶希世之宝
  • 希世之珍
  • 希企
  • 希伯來希伯来 (xībólái)
  • 希伯來人希伯来人 (xībóláirén)
  • 希伯來書希伯来书
  • 希光
  • 希冀
  • 希力奧斯希力奥斯
  • 希區考克希区考克
  • 希古
  • 希圖希图 (xītú)
  • 希夷
  • 希奇 (xīqí)
  • 希奇古怪
  • 希少
  • 希希罕兒希希罕儿
  • 希微
  • 希斯亞德希斯亚德
  • 希有 (xīyǒu)
  • 希望 (xīwàng)
  • 希望小學希望小学 (xīwàng xiǎoxué)
  • 希望工程
  • 希求
  • 希爛希烂
  • 希爾頓希尔顿
  • 希特勒 (Xītèlè)
  • 希珍
  • 希罕
  • 希聖希圣
  • 希聲希声
  • 希臘希腊 (Xīlà)
  • 希臘哲學希腊哲学
  • 希臘字母希腊字母
  • 希臘建築希腊建筑
  • 希臘戲劇希腊戏剧
  • 希臘教會希腊教会
  • 希臘正教希腊正教
  • 希臘神話希腊神话
  • 希臘群島希腊群岛
  • 希行
  • 希詫希诧
  • 希風希风
  • 幾希几希
  • 承風希旨承风希旨
  • 抗心希古
  • 普希金
  • 望風希指望风希指
  • 朱希真
  • 波希
  • 波希戰爭波希战争
  • 波希米亞波希米亚

Japanese

Kanji

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. beg, request
  2. hope
  3. rare
  4. Greece (short for 希臘 (Girishia))

Readings

Compounds


Korean

Hanja

(hui) (hangeul )

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Vietnamese

Han character

(hơi, he, , hy, hây, hi, thu)

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